A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 360 oldal |
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33. oldal
... whole population in a ferment of joy . A Tatar had that morning brought from Constantinople the welcome news that the Porte , at length alive to the wretched condition of the province , and to the misery of the inhabitants , had dis ...
... whole population in a ferment of joy . A Tatar had that morning brought from Constantinople the welcome news that the Porte , at length alive to the wretched condition of the province , and to the misery of the inhabitants , had dis ...
36. oldal
... whole of my furniture . My Cawass spread his carpet , and hung his tobacco pouch in the corner of a hovel , which he had appropriated , and spent his days in peaceful contemplation . The servants constructed a rude kitchen , and the ...
... whole of my furniture . My Cawass spread his carpet , and hung his tobacco pouch in the corner of a hovel , which he had appropriated , and spent his days in peaceful contemplation . The servants constructed a rude kitchen , and the ...
55. oldal
... whole plain seemed a patchwork of many colors . The dogs , as they returned from hunting , issued from the long grass dyed red , yellow , or blue , according to the flowers through which they had last forced their way . The villages of ...
... whole plain seemed a patchwork of many colors . The dogs , as they returned from hunting , issued from the long grass dyed red , yellow , or blue , according to the flowers through which they had last forced their way . The villages of ...
58. oldal
... whole of Mesopotamia . He had lately left the Khabour , and was now encamped near the western bank of the Tigris , below its junc- tion with the Zab , and consequently not far from Nimroud . I had two objects in going to his tents ; in ...
... whole of Mesopotamia . He had lately left the Khabour , and was now encamped near the western bank of the Tigris , below its junc- tion with the Zab , and consequently not far from Nimroud . I had two objects in going to his tents ; in ...
69. oldal
... whole body . Hanging from each ear , and reaching to her waist , was an enormous earring of gold , terminating in a tablet of the same material , carved and ornamented with four turquoises . Her nose was also adorned with a prodigious ...
... whole body . Hanging from each ear , and reaching to her waist , was an enormous earring of gold , terminating in a tablet of the same material , carved and ornamented with four turquoises . Her nose was also adorned with a prodigious ...
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Abd-ur-rahman alabaster Amadiyah amongst ancient appear Arabs Asheetha Assyrian Baghdad banks bas-reliefs Beder Khan Bey British Museum brought building carried castle Cawass centre Chaldæans chamber chariot chief Christians descended desert Diodorus Siculus discovered discovery distance earth edifice encampment entrance eunuchs Euphrates excavations feet formed fragments head Hormuzd Rassam horsemen horses houses human-headed Ibrahim Agha inhabitants inscriptions Ismail Pasha Jebours journey Kalah Kalah Sherghat Kasha Khorsabad king Kouyunjik Kurdish Kurds lions Melek Mesopotamia monuments Mosul mound mountains Mussulmans N. W. Palace Nestorian night Nimroud Nineveh ornaments party Pasha plain plunder priests principal probably raft Rassam ravine reached remains resembling river rocks rode round rubbish ruins sacred scarcely sculptures Shammar Sheikh Adi Sheikh Nasr side Sinjar slabs Sofuk stones sun-dried bricks tents Tigris Tiyari Tkhoma tomb trees trenches tribe valley village walls warriors whilst winged bulls winged figures women workmen Yezidis